School of Chemistry

2025

Ms. Megha R. received the best poster award at the Inter IISER–NISER Chemistry Meet (2025).

Ms. Aswathy R. received the best flash talk prize at the Frontier Symposium in Chemistry (FS-CHM 2025), IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Mr. Amit Pal received the best poster award at the Indo-German Conference on Sustainable Chemistry III, IIT Indore.

Ms. K. Swetha received the Raman–Charpak Fellowship from CEFIPRA.

Ms. Gayathri K. received the best poster award at the 2nd International Main Group Conference, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Merin Varghese received the best slam presentation award at the 5th Frontier Symposium in Chemistry (FS-CHM 2025), IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Kavya Vinod received the best poster award at the 5th Frontier Symposium in Chemistry (FS-CHM 2025).

2024

Ms. Gayathri K received the best Poster Award at the Frontier Symposium in Chemistry (FS-CHM 2024), IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Alisha Rani Tripathy received the poster award at the Frontier Symposium in Chemistry (FS-CHM 2024), IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Alisha Rani Tripathy received the best poster award at the International IGP Conference on “Sustainable Chemistry-2024”, Kenilworth Resort, Goa.

Mr. Pinku Prasad Mondal received the best poster award at the Inter-IISER–NISER Chemistry Meet (IINCM).

Mr. Tarpan Maiti received the best poster award at the Inter-IISER–NISER Chemistry Meet, IISER Kolkata.

Mr. Aswin S. received the best poster award at the National Seminar – Frontiers in Chemical Science, organized by the Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut.

Ms. Aswany Gopal received the best poster award at the National Seminar – Frontiers in Chemical Science, organized by the Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut.

Mr. Cijil Raju received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship.

Ms. Devika Rajan received the oral presentation award at the Frontier Symposium in Chemistry 2024, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Mr. Ajaykumar M. P. received the best poster award at the Frontier Symposium in Chemistry 2024, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Mr. Livin Paul received the best poster award at the Nanomaterials and Molecules: From Spectroscopy to Bioimaging (NaMoSBio Conference 2024), IISER Kolkata.

Ms. Elizabeth Mariam Thomas received the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.

Ms. Nida Nahan E. K. received the best poster award at the International Conference on Molecular Materials and Functions, IIT Madras

Ms. Priyanka C. received the best poster award at the Asia NANO Conference, IIT Madras.

Ms. Megha R. received the best poster award at the Physics and Chemistry of Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Systems (PCAMC).

Mr. Kaustav Mondal received the best poster award at the Society of Physical Chemistry Symposium (SoPhyC), IIT Bombay.

Ms. Gayathri K. received the best poster award at the International Conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC XXI), IIT Kharagpur.

Ms. Gayathri K. received the best poster award at ChemSci2024: Leaders in the Field Symposium, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Mr. Livin Paul received the best poster award at the 12th International Symposium on Dynamic Excitons (ISDyEx), Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Devika Rajan received the best poster award at the Society of Physical Chemistry Symposium (SoPhyC), IIT Bombay.

Dr. Cijil Raju received the Humboldt Research Fellowship.

Ms. Haripriya Balan received the best poster prize award at the 51st National Seminar on Crystallography.

Dr. Anu Lal received the best poster prize award at ETSST, SRM University.

Ms. Suvarna Sujilkumar C. received the best poster award from the Fluorescence Society for her presentation at the FCS XV & OWLS-17 International Conference, IIT Bombay.

Mr. Philip Daniel Maret received the best presentation award at the MRSI Annual Technical Meeting (ATM), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Kavya Vinod received the best poster award at the 12th International Symposium on Dynamic Excitons, jointly organized by Dynamic Exciton (Japan) and IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Mr. Aniruddha Mazumder received the best oral presentation award at the Chemical Science Leaders in the Field (LITF) Symposium, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

2023

Mr. Tarpan Maiti received the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Ms. Swetha K. received the DST INSPIRE Ph.D. Fellowship.

Mr. Akash Garhwal received the Lifetime CDT Ph.D. Fellowship, University of Galway, Ireland.

Ms. Gayathri K. was awarded the best Flash Talk Award at FS-CHM 2023, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

Ms. Sankeerthana P. A. received the Internship for Foreign Students (IFS).

Ms. Rishika Roy received the best Ph.D. Gold Medal Award from the SPSI Thiruvananthapuram Chapter.

Mr. Aniruddha Mazumder received the best Poster Prize at FS-CHM 2023.

Ms. Lijina M. P. received the best Oral Presentation Award at FS-CHM 2023.

Ms. Swathi Krishna received the best Poster Prize in Crystal Engineering and Solid-State Chemistry.

Mr. Vishnu E. K. received the best Poster Prize at the FCS-XIII Meeting.

Ms. Aathira Edwin received the best Poster Award at the International Conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry.

Ms. Aswini Spergen received the best Poster Award at the International Conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry.

Mr. Avishek Kumar Ja received the oral Presentation Award from Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry at the Transcending Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (TFCS-2023), NIT Tiruchirappalli, India.

Ms. Megha R. received the best Poster Award at the 26th International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXVI)

Mr. Pinku Prasad Mondal received the poster Award at the Indo-French Seminar on Catalysis for Sustainability (IFSC).

Mr. Kaustav Mondal was elected to the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Mr. Vishnu E. K delivered an oral Presentation at the Asian Photochemistry Conference 2023, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Ms. Devika Rajan delivered an oral Presentation at the Asian Photochemistry Conference 2023, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Mr. Timi Titus received the energy letters best poster award at the Hybrid Halide Perovskite Conference (HyPe-23), IACS Kolkata.

Mr. Timi Titus received the best Poster Award at the 14th National Workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy (FCS), Mohali.

Mr. Vishnu E. K. received the Mihir Chowdhury Student Fellowship Award Lecture at the 14th National Workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy (FCS), IISER Mohali.

2022

Mr. Anshuman Bera received the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Mr. Avishek Kumar Jha received the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Mr. Akash Bisoyi received the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Ms. Akanksha Sharma received the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Mr. Timi Titus received the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Ms. Merin Varghese received the best poster prize in Ultrafast Science conference UFS-2022.

Ms. Shourya Gupta was awarded the best Poster Award at the 27th ISCB International Conference, BITS Mesra.

Ms. Anjana Prasad Nambiar was awarded the best Poster Prize at the International Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS-2022) organized by IIT Guwahati.

Ms. Arthi Ravi received the best Poster Award at the International Conference on Chemistry and Applications of Soft Materials (CASM-2022).

Ms. Lijina M. P. received the best Flash Talk Award at the 3rd Crystal Engineering: From Molecule to Crystal (CE: FMC-2022) conference.

Mr. Jibin Sivanarayanan received the best Poster Prize at Ultrafast Science conference UFS-2022.

Mr. Ajaykumar M. P. received the best Poster Prize at the 16th JNCASR Conference on Chemistry of Materials.

2017

Vinayak Bhat (BS-MS Batch 2013) - The best oral presentation award at the 13th JNC Research Conference on Chemistry of Materials held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on 01-03 October 2017. The prize consists of a certificate and a cash award.

Devika S. (Integrated Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize in the 13th JNC Research Conference on Chemistry of Materials held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on 01-03 October 2017. The prize consists of a certificate and a cash award.

Vinayak Bhat (BS-MS Batch 2013) - The best poster prize in the 8th East Asian Symposium on Functional Dyes and Advanced Materials and dyes held at CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on 20-22 September 2017. The prize sponsored by ACS Omega consists of a certificate and a cash award.

Remya Ramakrishnan (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize in the 24th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography Hyderabad International Convention Centre 21-28 August 2017, Hyderabad, India. The prize sponsored by authors of “Crystal Engineering – A Textbook”, for describing crystal engineering studies consist of a certificate and a copy of the book “Crystal Engineering – A Textbook”.

Purna Chandra Rao (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize in the 24th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography Hyderabad International Convention Centre 21-28 August 2017, Hyderabad, India. The prize sponsored by Springer Nature under the theme of ‘Materials’ consist of a certificate and an ebook voucher worth EUR 300.

Murali Golla (Ph.D. student) - has been awarded the best poster prize in the 9th Chemical Frontiers, 17-20 August 2017, Goa, India. The prize consists of a certificate and a cash award.

2016

Mrs. Asha P. (Ph.D. student) - has won best poster awards in the 2nd International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM-2016) conducted by MNIT held in Jaipur

Mr. Purna Chandra Rao (Ph.D. student) - has won best poster awards in the 2nd International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM-2016) conducted by MNIT held in Jaipur

Athira George (BS-MS Batch 2010) - DAAD WISE program, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, May-July 2016

S. Lalitha Vaishnavi (BS-MS Batch 2012) - DAAD WISE program, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, May- July 2016.

Naveen Joseph Roy (BS-MS Batch 2012) - DAAD WISE Program, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, May- July 2016.

Anupam Anand Ojha (BS-MS Batch 2012) - IBS, CMCM funded summer research project at Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea from May-July 2016.

Reena Kumari Sen (BS-MS Batch 2012) - Summer internship (SURF- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship), University of Pittsburgh, USA, May- July 2016.

Gopika Krishnan (BS-MS Batch 2012) - Summer Internship, University of Bayreuth, Germany, May- July 2016.

Nila Mohan (BS-MS Batch 2012) - Summer Internship, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, May- July 2016.

Akhila S. (BS-MS Batch 2012) - Summer Internship, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, May- July 2016.

Mahima Unnikrishnan (BS-MS Batch 2013) - DAAD WISE Program, RWTH Aachen university, Germany, 2016.

Kavya S. Pillai (BS-MS Batch 2013) DAAD WISE program, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2016.

Lakshmy K. V. (BS-MS Batch 2013) - Summer Internship-University of Münster, Münster, Germany. May- July 2016.

Asha K. S. (Ph.D. student) RSC best poster award at Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM), Thiruvananthapuram, 2016.

Ajith R Malia (Ph.D. student) - The Malhotra Weikfield Foundation Nanoscience Fellowship Award, 8th Bangalore India Nano, Bangalore, March 03-05, 2016.

Kalaivanan Nagarajan (Ph.D. student) - The Best Poster Award at Gordon Research Conference on “Electronic Processes in Organic Materials” held at Lucca (Barga), Italy.

Zalake Mohan Pratap (Ph.D. student) - The best oral presentation award at the Material Research Society of India, Trivandrum Chapter Annual Technical Meeting held at IIST, Trivandrum, 2016.

2015

Sooraj Ben K. R. (BS-MS Batch 2011) - SN Bose Scholars Program, University of Notredame, USA, May- July 2015.

Gopika Gopan (BS-MS Batch 2011) - Participated in the 1st World Science Conference Israel (WSCI) held at Jerusalem Israrel, 2015.

Vidyasagar Adiyala (Ph.D. student) - Awarded Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship

Ajith R. Malia (Ph.D. student) - Chemical Science Best Poster Award from Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, ISACS18’, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Shine K. Albert (Ph.D. student) - The best oral presentation award at the Material Research Society of India, Trivandrum Chapter Annual Technical Meeting, Sree chithira Thirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Trivandrum.

Shine K. Albert (Ph.D. student) - The best oral presentation at Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015), Thiruvananthapuram.

Hari Veeraprasad Thelu (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize at Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015), Thiruvananthapuram.

Hari Veeraprasad Thelu (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize at 10th JNC conference on Chemistry of Materials’ national symposium in chemistry Alappuzha.

Shinaj K. Rajagopal (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize at Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015), Thiruvananthapuram.

Selvakumar Balasubramanian (Ph.D. student) - The best oral presentation at Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015), Thiruvananthapuram.

Sabnam Kar (Ph.D. student) - Elected as Research Student under DST-JSPS bilateral project entitled as ''Development of Enhanced CPL-active Materials for Potential Application in Future Security Technology'' at Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan, 1st Jun - 22nd Jul 2015.

Pratap Annamalai (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize at 10th JNC conference on Chemistry of Materials’ national symposium in chemistry Alappuzha.

Hema K.Sruthi (Ph.D. student) - The best poster prize at Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015), Thiruvananthapuram.

2014

Athira George (BS-MS Batch 2010) - Post Lindau Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Dinumol Devasia (BS-MS Batch 2011) - SN Bose Scholars Program, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA, May- July 2014.

Mahima Unnikrishnan (BS-MS Batch 2013) - Attended Asian Science Camp at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Atchutarao Pathigoolla (Ph.D. student) - Awarded Eli Lilly Outstanding Thesis Award for 2014

Shyama R. (Ph.D. student) - Best poster prize in Theoretical Chemistry Symposium held at CSIR- NCL, Pune, December 18-21, 2014

Subila K. P. (Ph.D. student) - Best Poster Award in 8th Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC-2014) from November 9-13, 2014 organized by IISER-TVM jointly with CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum under the auspices of Photosciences Research Society of India.

Reshmi Thomas (Ph.D. student) - Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Nanoscale Poster Prize, at 8th Asian Photochemistry Conference held at Thiruvananthapuram, November 10-13, 2014.

S. Chandra Shekar (Ph.D. student) - Best poster prize in Multiscale Modeling of Materials and Devices (MMMD-2014)- A DAE-BRNS symposium held at BARC, Mumbai, October 30 to November 2, 2014.

Anoop Thomas (Ph.D. student) - Selected to present a poster at the “Gordon Research Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles” held at South Hadley, Boston, (U. S.A.) June 15-20, 2014.

Subila K. B. (Ph.D. student) – Elected as Research Student under Indo-Germany bilateral project entitled as"Solar Cell project'' at University of Bayreuth, Germany, 20th Jun 2014 - 20th Aug 2014

Anoop Thomas (Ph.D. student) - The INST-CNR Rao poster award for Excellence in Research as well as the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Nanoscale Poster Prize at the 6th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT 2014), organized by the Nano Mission, DST, Government of India and Institute of Nanoscience and Tecnology, held at Punjab University, March 3-5, 2014.

S. Chandra Shekar (Ph.D. student) - Best poster prize in Chemistry with Computers – A International symposium in chemistry held at IICT, Hyderabad, January 18-19, 2014, as a part of MCBR-2014 winter School.

Kalaivanan Nagarajan (Ph.D. student) - The best oral and poster presentation in ‘Organic Devices: The Future Ahead (ODeFA-2014)’ held in Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 2014

2013

Jimmy Joy (BS-MS Batch 2009) Participated in the 63 rd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates (Chemistry)

Athira George (BS-MS Batch 2010) Participated in the 63 rd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates (Chemistry)

Anoop Thomas (Ph.D. student) – Best poster prize at the ‘9th JNC Research Conference on Chemistry of Materials’ national symposium in Chemistry held at Trivandrum, October 14-16.

Reshmi Thomas (Ph.D. student) - Participated in the 63rd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates (Chemistry) held at Lindau, Germany from June 30 to July 5.

Deepthi Jose (Ph.D. student) awarded Eli Lilly Outstanding Thesis Award for 2013

Jimmy Joy (BS-MS Batch 2009) Awarded the best oral presentation at Chennai Chemistry Conference

2012

Subila K. P. (Ph.D. student) - Best Oral Presentation Award in Material Research Society of India, Trivandrum Chapter Annual Technical Meeting held at CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India November 26, 2012

Reshmi Thomas (Ph.D. student)- Awarded the Malhotra Weikfiled Foundation NanoScience Fellowship Award for advanced studies in nanoscience technology for the year 2012.

Anoop Thomas (Ph.D. student) – Selected as Research Fellow (RF-34), under the Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme and carried out the research at the Supramolecular Nanomaterials and Interfaces Laboratory at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, from March 2012 - October 2012

Subila K. B. (Ph.D. student) – Elected as Research Student under Indo-Germany bilateral project entitled as"Solar Cell project'' at University of Bayreuth, Germany, from 1st Jun 2012 to 31st Jul 2012

2011

Reshmi Thomas (Ph.D. student)- Best poster prize at 7th JNC conference on Chemistry of Materials’ national symposium in chemistry held at Cochin, October 01-03.

Reshmi Thomas (Ph.D. student) - Best poster prize at 4th Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2011), at IISER Thiruvananthapuram, December 14-16.

2010

Anoop Thomas (Ph.D. student) – Best poster prize at the ‘6th JNC Research Conference on Chemistry of Materials’ national symposium in chemistry held at Cochin, October 02-04.